The Christian Science Monitor's ten top nonfiction books, 2014

One of the ten nonfiction titles that the Christian Science Monitor’s book critics admired most in 2014:Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott

Four women – two Union sympathizers and two proud Rebels – served their causes in surprising fashions during the US Civil War. Karen Abbott’s narrative gifts turn these real-life stories of espionage and remarkable derring-do into a true page